ANALYSIS — Donald Trump on Tuesday faced no tough questions from a former White House aide and an arena of loyalists, vowing to overhaul the global trade system hours after taking office and contradicting law enforcement officials about a second assassination attempt.
Trump was in Flint, Mich., for a campaign stop two days after a 58-year-old suspected gunman was fired at by a U.S. Secret Service agent then captured by Florida law enforcement officers in what the FBI called a second attempted assassination of Trump in three months.
One of the most telling moments Tuesday came early when Trump told the audience that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, had called him to check in following the assassination attempt. “It was very nice. And we appreciate that,” Trump said.
